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Teenagers share mental health struggles during the pandemic
Teenagers are struggling with mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, even more than usual. A few of them share their struggles and a psychologist shares an art project that helps teens express themselves.
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Potential long-term effects of COVID-19 on human beings
Al Jazeera looks at research into the effect of the coronavirus on a person's health.
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Liberal MP charged with assault, other offences
Guelph, Ont., police have charged Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara with two counts of assault, one count of breaking and entering and commiting an indictable offence and one count of criminal harassment.
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Zimbabwe lockdown: Grandmothers offer free therapy
The Friendship Bench programme aims to tackle depression and anxiety during the pandemic.
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App Is Providing ‘Lyf’ Support For Free Amid The Pandemic
Frontline workers are risking their lives everyday as the world continues to navigate the coronavirus pandemic. The burden of those risks can become overwhelming and Lyf, the world’s largest virtual support group, is trying to relieve...
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Living alone during pandemic can exacerbate anxiety, depression
The ongoing physical distancing precautions because of the COVID-19 pandemic can exacerbate anxiety and depression, especially for people living alone.
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Need2Know: Pandemic Growing, Recession Official, George Floyd Funeral
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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US Congress approves $484bn economic rescue bill
Latest rescue package to help small businesses and hospitals struggling due to coronavirus pandemic
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COVID-19 will hit economy 3 times harder than 2008 financial crisis
The global economy will be hit three times harder by COVID-19 than it was by the 2008 financial crisis, but is expected to bounce back — eventually, according to the IMF.
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Managing the COVID-19 recessionThe COVID-19 pandemic is having a massive effect on the economy. Experts say it's not a depression yet, and there are ways for business and households to get through it.
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Unemployment could hit 25% in Alberta
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province could see unemployment reach 25 per cent or higher, largely due to the combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and record-low oil prices fuelled by a Russia-Saudi Arabia price war.
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'Need to prevent that recession from becoming a depression': Duclos
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos says the new wage subsidy criteria have been made more flexible for small business in an effort to keep Canada's economy from going into a depression.
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How to cope with prolonged isolation due to COVID-19
Why prolonged isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic can contribute to anxiety, depression — and how to cope
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The challenges of helping people struggling with mental health and addiction issues
The challenges of treating someone with mental illness become more complicated when it’s combined with an addiction. Experts say the system isn’t set up to handle it and one mother says her son has fallen through the cracks.
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Men, mental health and ending the ‘man up’ mentality
Josh Beharry survived a suicide attempt and is using his story to show other men they don’t have to suffer in silence. He now works with a psychiatry professor on the website Heads Up Guys to offer resources for men’s mental health.
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SARS survivor on the stress of quarantine
An ICU nurse who spent nearly two months in quarantine during the SARS epidemic talks about the stress of being isolated and how the effects continued long after her quarantine ended.
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Canadians in coronavirus quarantine need contact with outside world: ethicist
The 176 Canadians who came from Wuhan will enter a 14-day quarantine period at CFB Trenton in Ontario. Bioethicist Kerry Bowman was under quarantine for SARS in 2003 and says people in such conditions can show symptoms of depression and...
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Obesity rates in Canada jumped during COVID-19, says new study
About one-third of Canadians have become obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday. Dr. Christopher Labos, an epidemiologist and...
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Canada's obesity rate doubled during pandemic: study
New research published in Canadian Medical Association Journal found that the obesity rate doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, something researchers say could be linked to more sedentary behaviour and mental health issues driven by...
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Post-miscarriage care has been overlooked. New recommendations aim to change that
New national guidelines from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada aim to help patients experiencing early miscarriage, with specific trauma-informed care and improved mental health screening.
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Improved mental health screening part of new miscarriage care guidelines
New national guidelines from the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada aim to help patients experiencing early miscarriage, with specific trauma-informed care and improved mental health screening.
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VivaTech: Mental health innovations take centre stage at Europe's largest tech fair
With nearly 14,000 start-ups, and artificial intelligence stealing the spotlight, this year’s tech fair puts a surprising focus on mental health
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More veterans are turning to ketamine therapy for depression, PTSD
Hundreds of Canadian veterans are turning to ketamine therapy for relief from treatment-resistant depression and symptoms of PTSD. Research has been growing over the last two decades, and now, there are two clinics in Newfoundland and...
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Summertime sadness is a real thing. Here’s what you need to know
Changes in sunlight can upset our circadian rhythms — and disrupt our moods. A clinical psychologist explains how seasonal affective disorder can still happen in the summer.